[34008] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Proactive steps to prevent DDOS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Fri Jan 26 19:05:59 2001
Date: 26 Jan 2001 16:03:55 -0800
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To: jhawk@bbnplanet.com
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Fri, 26 January 2001, John Hawkinson wrote:
> > But in reality there is nothing you can do, but wait for the
> > attacker to get bored and stop on their own.
>
> This is the "state a fact that might be wrong to poll for dissent," approach?
Yep.
> Some people have, or are working on, automated tools that try to
> detect-and-then-filter-at-the-border DDOS attacks when they happen.
>
> This is something to do that is not useless PR fluff that is not a magic
> command.
If I called my Genuity sales rep, what part number or product should I
order?
